Mandatory Voting

They say the only two things that are certain in life are death and taxes. President Barack Obama wants to add one more: voting. Obama floated the idea of mandatory voting in the U.S. while speaking to a civic group in Cleveland on Wednesday. Asked about the corrosive influence of money in U.S. elections, Obama digressed into the related topic…

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Evangelism – Pathway to the Soul

We Don’t Need More Evangelists’ Say Authors of ‘Dangerous’ Book on How to Reach People for Christ Evangelism is a rare spiritual gift and one not needed in abundance in the church, according to the authors of a book that is helping everyday Christians face down their fears in sharing their faith. “What is needed in abundance is a body…

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Flaws in Iran Deal

There is no shortage of people with an opinion about the treaty that the United States would like to finalize with Iran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set forth his concerns in a speech before the joint session of Congress. Senator Tom Cotton and 46 others U.S. Senators sent a letter to the Iranian leaders explaining that the Senate would have…

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Resilient Christian Faith Depends on Level of Passion for Jesus

Teen Mania Ministries founder and author of new book Resilient, Ron Luce, said the reason why so many people’s faith falls apart after a crisis is because they aren’t passionate followers of Christ. Luce likened passionate Christians to fans of a beloved band in a recent interview with The Christian Post. “Someone might ask how do you follow Him? I don’t…

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Democrats Alarmed About Hillary Clinton’s Readiness

Senior Democrats are increasingly worried that Hillary Rodham Clinton is not ready to run for president, fearing that the clumsy and insular handling of the nine-day fracas over her private e-mails was a warning sign about the campaign expected to launch next month. Few Democrats believe that the revelations about her un­or­tho­dox e-mail practices as secretary of state are a…

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SAE Oklahoma – Protest in Dallas

The University of Oklahoma continued its quest for healing Wednesday while a national fraternity was trying to determine if racist chants such as the one that made national headlines in Norman ars pervasive at Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapters elsewhere in the nation. A day earlier, university President David Boren expelled two students accused of playing a “leadership role” in the…

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Is the President Really Clueless?

I don’t know which is more maddening, President Obama’s repeatedly claiming he finds out about important matters only after reading the newspapers, his expectation that we’ll swallow that, the even scarier prospect that it could be true, or that the media continue to give him a pass on it. Obama told CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante that…

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The Unbearable Lightness Of Being … A Clinton Supporter

Upon hearing the news of Hillary Clinton’s closeted email server, progressives went into their natural state – attack mode. The former secretary of state unambiguously violated the law by housing her official emails in her mansion’s basement rather than government servers, but true believers couldn’t care less. In the same week retired General David Petraeus pleaded guilty to one count…

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Hillary Clinton Private Emails

If Hillary Clinton really wanted the public to see her emails, she’d be showing them instead of evading the question, and her “latest public relations trick” should be viewed with skepticism, National Journal senior political columnist Ron Fournier said in a condemning opinion piece Thursday. “If she wants to be transparent, she’d be transparent,” Fournier said. “If she wants to…

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Stuck in Scandal Land

Doesn’t the latest Hillary Clinton scandal make you want to throw up your hands and say: Do we really have to do this again? Do we have to go back there? People assume she is our next president. We are defining political deviancy down. The scandal this week is that we have belatedly found out, more than two years after she…

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Sweet Cakes

Valentine’s Day brings thoughts of love and marriage and sweet things to eat. This Valentines Day a business that is all about those things got some very bad news. Aaron and Melissa Klein own Sweet Cakes Bakery — well, at least they had a bakery. It was located on the edge of downtown Gresham, Oregon. They specialize in wedding cakes…

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